Uncle Silas
Subtitle: a Tale of Bartram-Haugh
Publisher: E-Classics
Published: September 1, 2003
Format: Unknown Binding
ISBN-13: 9780141881744
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; Literature: Texts
First sentence: It was winter-that is, about the second week in November-and great gusts were rattling at the windows, and wailing and thundering among our tall trees and ivied chimneys-a very dark night, and a very cheerful fire blazing, a pleasant mixture of good round coal and spluttering dry wood, in a genuine old fireplace, in a sombre old room.